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Chapter 40

           InwritingbyposttoMagwitchinNewSouthWalesorincommunicatingwithhimthroughProvis,havethegoodnesstomentionthattheparticularsandvouchersofourlongaccountshallbesenttoyou,togetherwiththebalance;forthereisstillabalanceremaining.Goodday,Pip!"

           Weshookhands,andhelookedhardatmeaslongashecouldseeme.Iturnedatthedoor,andhewasstilllookinghardatme,whilethetwovilecastsontheshelfseemedtobetryingtogettheireyelidsopen,andtoforceoutoftheirswollenthroats,"O,whatamanheis!"

           Wemmickwasout,andthoughhehadbeenathisdeskhecouldhavedonenothingforme.IwentstraightbacktotheTemple,whereIfoundtheterribleProvisdrinkingrumandwaterandsmokingnegro-head,insafety.

           NextdaytheclothesIhadorderedallcamehome,andheputthemon.Whateverheputon,becamehimless(itdismallyseemedtome)thanwhathehadwornbefore.Tomythinking,therewassomethinginhimthatmadeithopelesstoattempttodisguisehim.ThemoreIdressedhimandthebetterIdressedhim,themorehelookedliketheslouchingfugitiveonthemarshes.Thiseffectonmyanxiousfancywaspartlyreferable,nodoubt,tohisoldfaceandmannergrowingmorefamiliartome;butIbelievetoothathedraggedoneofhislegsasiftherewerestillaweightofirononit,andthatfromheadtofoottherewasConvictintheverygrainoftheman.

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